11.9% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Ryde
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in North Ryde has seen shifts in how people give their time. Only 11.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure. This reflects a broader trend of lower-than-average participation across volunteering and unpaid care roles in the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with just 11.9% of people helping out. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state average. However, those providing other forms of unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework are less common here than in most areas.
10.1% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is less frequent in North Ryde than in most similar areas. Only 1.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in North Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13015/north-ryde/topic/community